Twenty One Pilots

Twenty One Pilots is a pop duo formed in 2009 by high school friends Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun. The pair built an enormous regional following across Ohio and the midwest, spurned on by constant energetic touring as well as shrewd use of interactive social media and reaching out to fans on a grassroots level. The group self-released two albums of their rap-infused high tech pop, twenty | one | pilots in 2010 and Regional at Best in 2011. The group also gained popularity through publicly releasing a series of videos made by their friend Mark Eshelman. In 2012, the group signed to Atlantic Records subsidiary Fueled by Ramen, releasing the Three Songs EP in the summer of that year and working with Adele producer Greg Wells on their debut album for the label Vessel. Vessel saw release in January of 2013 and the band had international touring scheduled deep into the year in its support.

Twenty One Pilots (stylized as twenty|one|pilots) is an American pop-duo from Columbus, Ohio

The band was formed in 2009 and currently consists of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun

Joseph came up with the band's name while studying All My Sons by Arthur Miller, a play about a man who commits suicide after causing the death of twenty one pilots during WWII because he knowingly sent them faulty parts for the good of his business
Joseph claims this story of moral dilemma was the inspiration for the name of the band

On December 29, 2009, they released their debut, self-titled album and began touring Ohio while building up a fan base
In February 2012, at a sold out show at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, they announced their signing to Atlantic Records subsidary label Fueled by Ramen

Alternative

Holding On To You

Album:

Vessel
(2013)

Song Details:

"Holding on to You" was released as the first single from Vessel on iTunes worldwide on August 1, 2012. A video for the song was released on 15 November.

Lyrics:

I'm taking over my body, back in control, no more shotty,
I bet a lot of me was lost, 't's uncrossed and 'I's undotted,
I fought it a lot and it seems a lot like flesh is all I got,
Not anymore, flesh out the door, swat,
I must've forgot, you can't trust me,
I'm open a moment and close when you show it,
Before you know it I'm lost at sea,
And now that I write and think about it,
And the story unfolds,
You should take my life, you should take my soul.

You are surrounding all my surroundings,
Sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain,
You are surrounding all my surroundings,
Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes.

And I'll be holding on to you [x2]

Remember the moment you know exactly where you're going,
'Cause the next moment, before you know it,
Time is slowing and it's frozen still,
And the window sill looks really nice, right?
You think twice about your life, it probably happens at night,
Right? Fight it, take the pain, ignite it,
Tie a noose around your mind loose enough to breathe fine and tie it,
To a tree, tell it, "You belong to me,
This ain't a noose, this is a leash,
And I have some news for you, you must obey me."

You are surrounding all my surroundings,
Sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain,
You are surrounding all my surroundings,
Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes.

Entertain my faith [x10]

Lean with it, rock with it,
When we gunna stop with it,
Lyrics that mean nothing, we were gifted with thought,
Is it time to move our feet to an introspective beat,
It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat.

And I'll be holding on to you.
And I'll be holding on to you.
And I'll be holding on to you.
And I'll be holding on to you.
And I'll be holding on to you.
And I'll be holding on to you.
And I'll be holding on to you.
And I'll be holding on to you

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Rock

Car Radio

Album:

Vessel
(2013)

Lyrics:

"Car Radio"

I ponder of something great
My lungs will fill and then deflate
They fill with fire
Exhale desire
I know it's dire
My time today

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

Sometimes quiet is violent
I find it hard to hide it
My pride is no longer inside
It's on my sleeve
My skin will scream
Reminding me of
Who I killed inside my dream
I hate this car that I'm driving
There's no hiding for me
I'm forced to deal with what I feel
There is no distraction to mask what is real
I could pull the steering wheel

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

I ponder of something terrifying
'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind
I find over the course of our human existence
One thing consists of consistence
And it's that we're all battling fear
Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here
Oh my,
Too deep
Please stop thinking
I liked it better when my car had sound

There are things we can do
But from the things that work there are only two
And from the two that we choose to do
Peace will win
And fear will lose
There's faith and there's sleep
We need to pick one please because
Faith is to be awake
And to be awake is for us to think
And for us to think is to be alive
And I will try with every rhyme
To come across like I am dying
To let you know you need to try to think

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

I ponder of something great
My lungs will fill and then deflate
They fill with fire
Exhale desire
I know it's dire
My time today

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence